Table-holder.



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TABLE HOLDER. API'LIOATION FILED NOV. 25, 19111 Patented Feb. 18, 1913BLW/buzones anTHoivY sTocKER, or confins, NEW YORK.

TABLEHQLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patent ed Een. 18 lili Il.

Application filed November 25, 1911. aSerial Np. 662,393.

1 0 au fui/zome' may conca/"n: I Be it known that I, ANTHONY STOCKER, acitizen oi the United States, residing at` Cohoes, in the county ofAlbany and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Table-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

rlhe general object of the invention is to facilitatethe locating of therequired division or subdivision in a table of ligurcs, signs, naines orthe like, and to this end the invention consists arranging in a casingadapted to he readily carried in the pocket of a garment, a table whichis adapted to be moved so as to cause any division or subdivisionthereof to be visi-ble through a transparent panel in the casing.

Other objects will appear and be better understood from the followingdescription taken inv connection with the accompanying drawings, inwhich,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the device. Fig. 2 is a detail sideelevation. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross section thereof. F ig. 4 is ahorizontal section.

ln the embodiment shown in the drawings the vtable 5 is that which isusedl in photography for giving the time necessary for an eX osureAaccording to the hour and the condi ion of the light at that particularhour. lThis, ofcourse, will bennderstood as merely illustrative of oneapplication otmy invention and I reserve the right to use other tables,such as those ior computing prices, mathematics and the like, and as aready reference directory for names. n

The drums 6 extend longitudinally of the casing and their opposite endsare adapted to be journaled in the ends 8-8 of the casing. The casingmay be of any desired material andalso of any contour, preference,however,` is given to a metallic casing of a size to be readily carried,such as in a gar- `ment pocket of the user.

The table 5 is connected at its oppsite ends to the drums 6 and passesover anti,- friction devices such as rolls 9-9 journaled in the ends 88' and located in spaced relation to the wall of the casingand a panel10 of transparent material suitably secured in an opening in the casing.

11 which extend through the ends 8 By preference the casing interiorlyprovided with a suitable strengthening devicel located behind theportion-ot the table in back of the panel, this strengthening elementbeing in the form oit arib and adapted to take suitable fasteningdevices such as screws serve to connect the latter'. to the casing.

Suitable devices ,are connected to the drums for turning the saine.These devices l y maybe of any preferred vor desired construction., suchas linger-holdsV 12 connected to the trunnions 15%13 extending throughone end of the casing 7:

To prevent the too free rotation of the drums and to'insure againstdisplacement of 'the table after the required division thereof isvisible through the panel, l make use of suitable friction devices suchas bent' strips 16 of resilient material secured to the trunnions l-fland arranged so as to frictionally contact with one end of the casing.

Although l' have shown and described one, .embodiment of my invention itis to be understood that I am not to be limited. to the specic structureand arrangement of parts since various changes may be made, within thescope of the appended claim without departing from the spirit orsacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

What I claim as new is:

A table holder comprising an elongated casing having/a sight openingthercin, a transparent panel for closing said opening7 said casingcomprising a single strip of material bent longitudinally to provide apair of spaced substantially cylindrical portions, said easing beingalso provided with a strengthening rib, end closures for said casingsecured to said rib, a drum for each portion of said casing andjeurnaled in said end closures, and *a plurality of guide rollsjournaled in said end closures adjacent the opening in said casing andoutside the' periphery of said cylindrical portions.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature4 in presence of two witnesses.

ANTHONY STOCKER. lfVit-nesses:

CLARK, Jr., GEoRGE M. CRUMP.

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